| name | electron-phonon |
| description | Electron-Phonon Properties (4 sub-skills: deformation-potential, electronic-transport, elph-coupling, superconductivity) |
Electron-Phonon Properties
Skills for computing electron-phonon interactions and related transport properties using Quantum ESPRESSO and Python post-processing tools.
Sub-Skills
| Sub-Skill | Directory | Description |
|---|
| Electron-Phonon Coupling | elph-coupling/ | Full QE workflow for electron-phonon coupling constant lambda, Eliashberg spectral function alpha2F(omega), and superconducting Tc via McMillan/Allen-Dynes formula |
| Electronic Transport | electronic-transport/ | BoltzTraP2-based workflow for Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity, electronic thermal conductivity, power factor, and ZT from QE band structures on dense k-grids |
General Notes
- All workflows start from a converged QE SCF calculation. Ensure pseudopotentials, ecutwfc, and k-grid are well converged before proceeding.
- Electron-phonon calculations require metallic systems (or heavily doped semiconductors treated as metals). Use appropriate smearing.
- Transport calculations via BoltzTraP2 work for both metals and semiconductors but require extremely dense k-grids.
- These are computationally demanding calculations. Start with coarse grids to verify the workflow, then increase to production quality.
